State v. Thurman

OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for transporting marijuana, possession of marijuana and promoting prison contraband. The issues raised by appellant which we will address are as follows: (1) Were appellant’s Rule 8 speedy trial rights violated? (2) Did the court err in imposing a consecutive sentence for the crime of promoting prison contraband?

On April 6,1981, appellant, who had been on a three-day furlough, returned to Fort Grant Training Center, a minimum security institution where he was an inmate. He had ridden a Greyhound bus from Mesa to Safford and then…